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ethereum Stablecoin
Contract address 0xdac17f958d2ee523a2206206994597c13d831ec7
C
42% Estimated scam risk (uncalibrated)
Caution
Assessed 2026-08-20 03:02 KST · heuristic uncalibrated estimate · heuristic-0.2.0
91% 20/22 checks
Observation coverage
We checked a broad set of core on-chain indicators. Unchecked indicators are neither risky nor safe.

📊 Of the 23,628 tokens we have inspected, 32% score a higher risk than this coin. — This is a relative position within the sample we inspected, which was built by deliberately hunting scams and rugs, so it is not a general market distribution. A ranking is not a statement of safety.

This assessment is an uncalibrated estimate of fraud patterns — not a price or investment judgment.

Contract safety

⚠ 5 signals · +31%p
Owner can arbitrarily change wallet balances
Go to evidence below ↓

Liquidity / market

⚠ 1 signal · +20%p
Trading tax can be changed at will
Go to evidence below ↓

Holder distribution

✓ No signals
No risk signals fired among the checked indicators
Go to evidence below ↓

Project / dev

✓ No signals
No risk signals fired among the checked indicators
Go to evidence below ↓

Identity / impersonation

✓ No signals
No risk signals fired among the checked indicators
Go to evidence below ↓

Axis cards show where signals are, not a per-axis score — the %p contribution is a simple sum, while the actual combine uses diminishing returns (overlaps add less).

Can you sell? — You can sell now, but sell-blocking mechanisms exist

Mechanisms an owner could use to block sells — transfer pause, blacklist, cooldown — were found. It can turn into a honeypot at any time.

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Observation history (20 observations · 06/30 ~ 08/20 · source: our own observation snapshots)

Liquidity $207.1K → $1.2M +476.0%
Holders 15.3M → 16.1M +5.5%
  • 유동성 급감 — $1,191,166 → $192,714 (−84%) · 07/06

The risk transitions above were detected in the observation history — register on the Watchtower to get instant push notifications of such changes.

This Stablecoin has an estimated scam risk of about 42% (grade C). The main risk signals include Trading tax can be changed at will, Owner can arbitrarily change wallet balances, Transfers can be paused. 3 positive signals were also found. This is an uncalibrated estimate and not investment advice.

How this score was produced

  • ⚠ Risk signals combined (diminishing returns): 42% (overlapping signals add less and less)
  • = Final 42% (the larger of the two, capped at 100% · the weights are human-set)

Collection & verification method →

Risk signals (probability contribution)

MEDIUM Owner can arbitrarily change wallet balances +12

The owner can arbitrarily change wallet balances, effectively zeroing out holders' tokens.

⚖️ Canonical-verified token — the holder of this privilege is judged to be a standard bridge/issuer (e.g., the OP Stack bridge 0x4200…0010), the normal structure of a bridge token, so it is reflected only as mint-centralization information rather than a hard risk. For a non-canonical token this would be a hard risk.

HIGH Mintable — supply can be diluted without limit +3

The operator can mint additional tokens, inflating the supply without limit and diluting the value you hold.

⚖️ In projects that keep distributing rewards or airdrops, this is a common design. Even so, the fact that the privilege exists is unchanged, and the risk does not disappear.

HIGH Blacklist function — specific wallets can be blocked from trading +6

A blacklist function can block specific wallets from trading, so sells can be blocked at will.

HIGH Transfers can be paused — trading can be frozen +8

Transfers can be paused, letting the operator freeze trading.

HIGH Trading tax can be changed at will +20

The trading tax can be changed later, enabling a trap that spikes the tax after launch.

MEDIUM Ownership not renounced — owner powers remain (0xc6cde7c39eb2f0f0095f41570af89efc2c1ea828) +3

Owner powers are still active, so the owner-only functions listed above can actually be exercised.

⚖️ In projects that keep distributing rewards or airdrops, this is a common design. Even so, the fact that the privilege exists is unchanged, and the risk does not disappear.

🟢 Positive signals (Green Flags)

These are observed facts, not approvals — appearing on a listing or data service means a profile exists there, not that anyone vetted the project.

GOOD Source code verified and published

The contract source is public and verified, so anyone can check its behavior.

GOOD Sells work normally (not a honeypot)

A static check found no sell-blocking configuration. This reflects a code/configuration check, not an actual trade run — cross-checking via a real sell simulation is shown separately as the 'second-source cross-check' item.

GOOD Listed on a major tracking service

A profile for this token exists on major data services such as CoinGecko. Being listed is not being vetted and is not evidence of safety — it does not mean anyone reviewed or approved the project, and widely listed coins have collapsed before.

Web reputation & whitepaper check (optional · about 10s)

The score above is based on on-chain indicators. This button searches the public web now for scam allegations and whitepaper content (no re-run of the on-chain check). Web search is paid and slow, so we do not run it automatically on every token — only manually when needed. Once run, the result is saved and shown automatically from then on. Web allegations are not conclusions, so verify them directly.

Project info (dev & social)

Categories: Stablecoins, USD Stablecoin, Solana Ecosystem, Avalanche Ecosystem, Near Protocol Ecosystem

Profile as of 2026-08-04 — the dev/social figures above were observed at that time and may differ now. (Stale figures are not used in the risk verdict.)

Community rating (for reference · not in the score)

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This estimate is as of the assessment time — a token's state can change at any moment · Method · Grade criteria